How is this list made?

We read the hours and seasons each castle publishes on its official website, rechecked nightly. A castle without published hours is not listed, even if it opens.

Castles open during the Christmas holidays (Weihnachtsferien) in Bavaria, Germany

91 castles open

From Thursday, December 24 to Friday, January 8, all French school zones

91 castles in Bavaria, Germany open during the Christmas holidays (Weihnachtsferien) according to their hours or season: 86 with precise opening days, 5 on their announced season only. Check the castle’s website the day before; holiday hours change often.

Opening hours come from the castle’s official website, or from Google when the site does not publish any, and are re-read every ninety days. Seasons are copied word for word from the castle’s website. A castle can close without notice: its entry lists a phone number.

Known opening days

Burgstall AndechsAndechs
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Burg Andechs (Andechs Castle)Andechs
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Burghausen CastleBurghausen
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €6
Veste OberhausPassau
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
St. Emmeram's PalaceRegensburg
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
High Castle of FüssenFüssen
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Veitshöchheim PalaceVeitshöchheim
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €6
Schloss Guteneck (Guteneck Castle)Guteneck
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Neues Schloss BayreuthBayreuth
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €7
Burg Cadolzburg (Cadolzburg Castle)Cadolzburg
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €8
SchlossEbern
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
Donaustauf CastleDonaustauf
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Leutstetten (Leutstetten Castle)Starnberg
Open
: Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Gößweinstein CastleGößweinstein
Open
: Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €5
Residenz AnsbachAnsbach
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €6
WenzelschlossLauf an der Pegnitz
Open
: Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
BurgAlzenau
Open
: Sat, Sun
Ellingen ResidenceEllingen
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €6
Schloss Murnau (Murnau Castle)Murnau am Staffelsee
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
WillibaldsburgEichstätt
Open
: Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €6
Burg Lauenstein (Lauenstein Castle)Ludwigsstadt
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €5
Burgruine HilpoltsteinHilpoltstein
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Grünwald CastleGrünwald
Open
: Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €2.50
BurganlageBad Neustadt an der Saale
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
HenneburgStadtprozelten
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Altenstein CastleMaroldsweisach
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €4
Schloss Fantaisie (Fantaisie Castle)Eckersdorf
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €4.50
Lichtenau FortressLichtenau
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Seefeld CastleSeefeld
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Egg (Egg Castle)Bernried
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Tennenlohe (Tennenlohe Castle)Erlangen
Open
: Sun
Old château of the Eremitage in BayreuthBayreuth
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €6
Rabeneck CastleWaischenfeld
Open
: Sun
Ruine KarlsteinBad Reichenhall
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Biederstein (Biederstein Castle)München
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Burg Parsberg (Parsberg Castle)Parsberg
Open
: Wed, Sat, Sun
Burg SpielbergGnotzheim
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
BadenburgMünchen
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
JägersburgEggolsheim
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
Fürstenried PalaceThalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Burg Dagestein (Dagestein Castle)Vilseck
Open
: Sun
Wellheim CastleWellheim
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Neues Schloss IngolstadtIngolstadt
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Burg Hartenstein (Hartenstein Castle)Hartenstein
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Burg Kemnat (Kemnat Castle)Kaufbeuren
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Wolfstein CastleFreyung
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €5
Fürstäbtliche ResidenzKempten
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €4
Schloss Castell (Castell Castle)Castell
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
City Palace (Treuchtlingen)Treuchtlingen
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
Weißes Schloss (Heroldsberg)Heroldsberg
Open
: Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €4.50
Burg VeldensteinNeuhaus an der Pegnitz
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Michelbach (Michelbach Castle)Alzenau
Open
: Sun
Schloß BurgfarrnbachFürth
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu
Burg Falkenfels (Falkenfels Castle)Falkenfels
Open
: Sun
PellerschlossNürnberg
Open
: Wed
Burg Neuhaus (Neuhaus Castle)Windischeschenbach
Open
: Sun
Schloss Deutenkofen (Deutenkofen Castle)Adlkofen
Open
: Tue, Fri
Schloss Obernzell (Obernzell Castle)Obernzell
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €5
Schloss Fußberg (Fußberg Castle)Gauting
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
Burgruine HofbergGreding
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Pfaffendorf (Pfaffendorf Castle)Maroldsweisach
Open
: Sat, Sun
Schloss Titting (Titting Castle)Titting
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
SchlossElfershausen
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
ScheuneBayreuth
Open
: Thu, Fri, Sun
Schloss Deutenhofen (Deutenhofen Castle)Hebertshausen
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Trausnitz CastleLandshut
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €6
Rosenberg FortressKronach
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Gaibach CastleVolkach
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
HerrenchiemseeChiemsee
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €14
Dachau PalaceDachau
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Ehrenburg PalaceCoburg
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Höchstädt (Höchstädt Castle)Höchstädt an der Donau
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €6
Hohenschwangau CastleSchwangau
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Johannisburg (Johannisburg Castle)Aschaffenburg
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Linderhof PalaceEttal
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €11
Schloss Neuburg (Bayern) (Neuburg (Bayern) Castle)Neuburg an der Donau
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Neuschwanstein CastleSchwangau
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €21
Nymphenburg PalaceNeuhausen-Nymphenburg
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €10
Schloss Ratibor (Ratibor Castle)Roth
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Seehof (Seehof Castle)Memmelsdorf
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Weißenstein (Weißenstein Castle)Pommersfelden
Open
: Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €14
Schleißheim palace complexOberschleißheim
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €11
Sisi Castle UnterwittelsbachAichach
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €5
TucherschlossNürnberg
Open
: Mon, Thu, Sun
Adult €7.50
Veste CoburgCoburg
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €11
Würzburg ResidenceWürzburg
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €10

Open in season, without a precise timetable

These castles announce a season covering the holidays without giving days: call before you go.

Schloss Dennenlohe (Dennenlohe Castle)Unterschwaningen
Announced season
: du 12 octobre 2026 au 30 mars 2027, du lundi au vendredi, 10h00-16h00
Burg Wernfels (Wernfels Castle)Spalt
Announced season
: ouvert toute l'année
Haus MurachOberviechtach
Announced season
: toute l'année, accès libre (clé du portail et du donjon éventuellement à retirer chez le Burgwart du village)
Callenberg CastleCoburg
Announced season
: du 12 novembre au 27 décembre 2026, 11h00-16h00
Schloss Rosenau (Rosenau Castle)Coburg
Announced season
: 5 octobre à mars, 10:00-16:00 (dernière visite guidée 15:00)
Adult €6

Every castle in Bavaria, Germany

Frequently asked questions

How is this list made?: We read the hours and seasons each castle publishes on its official website, rechecked nightly. A castle without published hours is not listed, even if it opens.